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Originally posted by furtivefelon
no, when you have a fully open source os (fedora (may be?)).. they don't want any "proprietary".. no, they are not lazy, they are just more serious about that open source thing than other distros.. mandriva and suse however, they want users be able to just use it, so they have alot of stuff already installed..
but if you install a good distro (debiain based), it's pretty easy to install everything u need  |
any distro can easily have the necessary software added, debian doesnt have anything to do with it--------how hard it it to type rpm -i xmms....?, or installpkg xmms........or apt-get xmms?not too tough
The real question is, if a distro is so good, why is it lacking so much?
mp3 is a proprietary format who's creators have treated as open source, they could be collecting mass royalties on it,but have as of yet, chosen not to